Rochester gang member sentenced

4:53 PM,
Jan. 9, 2014

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A Rochester man convicted of drugs and weapon-related charges was sentenced Thursday in federal court.

Anthony Kellum, 26, was sentenced to a little more than 12 years in prison, according to federal prosecutors.

Kellum and other members of a Rochester gang known as "Coke City" obtained large amounts of powder cocaine, processed the powder into crack cocaine and then sold it from various locations on the west side of the city, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Western New York. ...